Table 2.
Results for extra species used in this study
| Species | IL | CL | BSL | DSL | MDL | HDS | WDS | HBS | WBS | L1 | L2 | VR | F2AV | Aspect ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | (μm) | ||||
| This study | ||||||||||||||
| Alliphis halleri | 469.6 | 143.5 | 44.1 | 100.5 | 37.7 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 27.2 | 25.4 | 11.2 | 31.5 | 0.357 | 415.3 | 5.40 |
| Glyphtholaspis confusa | 1434.7 | 546.6 | 168.2 | 378.4 | 136.0 | 90.7 | 77.2 | 99.6 | 81.9 | 46.4 | 114.4 | 0.406 | 5867.8 | 5.74 |
| Parasitus coleoptratorum DN | 1280.5 | 511.6 | 171.3 | 340.3 | 147.3 | 110.9 | 85.7 | 118.6 | 95.4 | 38.4 | 139.0 | 0.276 | 4762.3 | 4.46 |
| Parasitus fucorum DN | 1074.3 | 358.5 | 121.7 | 236.8 | 96.6 | 83.2 | 65.3 | 89.2 | 70.0 | 29.8 | 89.1 | 0.334 | 3145.2 | 4.16 |
| Parasitus lunaris DN | 628.1 | 359.8 | 117.5 | 242.3 | 120.6 | 62.0 | 54.5 | 68.8 | 61.3 | 23.1 | 114.5 | 0.202 | 1305.3 | 5.50 |
| Polyaspis n.sp. DN | 846.4 | 366.6 | 127.5 | 239.1 | 130.4 | 50.8 | 48.6 | 49.5 | 49.5 | 23.8 | 119.2 | 0.199 | 938.0 | 7.31 |
| Uropoda orbicularis DN | 682.0 | 272.3 | 83.1 | 189.4 | 23.4 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 28.3 | 27.2 | 8.9 | 19.4 | 0.458 | 741.6 | 12.93 |
| Veigaia nemorensis (new) | 678.4 | 475.4 | 166.9 | 308.5 | 152.4 | 68.1 | 61.4 | 68.6 | 59.3 | 33.5 | 152.6 | 0.220 | 1824.2 | 6.95 |
| Hurlbutt (1965, 1968) | ||||||||||||||
| Veigaia alba | 390–430 | 110–115 | ||||||||||||
| Veigaia bakeri | 228 | |||||||||||||
| Veigaia dendritica | 425–445 | 112–120 | ||||||||||||
| Veigaia bakeri | 220–235 | |||||||||||||
| Veigaia locha | 615–640 | 197–215 | ||||||||||||
| Veigaia mitis | 63 | |||||||||||||
| Veigaia partitus | 385–400 | |||||||||||||
| Veigaia piliseta | 450–470 | 117–123 | ||||||||||||
Upper Data table of morphometric means for the eight additional species. for extra studied species except for Veigaia nemorensis (new). F2AV is an indicative force for ranking species. Aspect ratio = CL/Average(HBS, HDS). Lower Ranges and point values from Hurlbutt (1965, 1968) for comparison with V. nemorensis—see also Table 7